A documentary about deployment of United States 430th Tactical Air Command Fighter Squadron in Takhli, Thailand during the Vietnam War. Sunsets and a view of the sky at dusk. A silhouetted aircraft. Men of United States 430th Fighter Squadron seated outside the End O' Line club. They watch a movie. Projector running behind them. Scenes from the movie shown as the men cheer a scene. Closer view of an operator or projectionist sitting next to the motion picture projector as it runs.
A documentary about deployment of United States 430th Tactical Air Command Fighter Squadron in Takhli, Thailand during the Vietnam War. Men stand on the bonnet of a jeep as they hold a banner. A United States KC-135 A taxis at Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base after landing. Troops get off the plane. United States airmen smoke cigarettes. Troops board a flight. The KC-135 A taxis and takes off. A man on the runway runs. The aircraft in flight.
USS Ticonderoga (CV-14) in the Gulf of Tonkin. U.S. Navy crew carries a 19-shot rocket pod on a trolley. He opens its front portion and ensures the rockets are properly seated. Crew members attach the rocket under the wing of the A-4 Skyhawk. (Vietnam War period.)
The Gulf of Tonkin Incident during the Vietnam War. A flag of U.S. Navy. U.S. Navy soldiers parade. Aircraft being parked on the deck of aircraft carrier. Animated map shows the route of U.S. Destroyers (DD) on Gulf of Tonkin. A destroyer USS Maddox (DD-731) underway in the Pacific. General Quarter on the DD sounds. The U.S. Navy men run and take their positions on the ship. The ship crewmen take their position on the deck guns. A sailor looks through a binocular. Two officers on a bridge of USS Maddox. One of them looks through the binocular. A tower on the ship. A U.S. Navy sailor loads shell and fires with a gun. Several views of the sailor loading shells and firing. U.S. Commander Robert Warhart describes what he and his pilots did during the attack against Vietnamese torpedo boats. USS Turner Joy (DD-951) underway in the pacific. The U.S. sailors wearing headphones at controls. North Vietnamese patrol boats strike against the U.S. destroyers. The White House in Washington DC. The crew members pull the bombs on a small elevator. They load the bombs in the aircraft. The ship crew members work under the wings of the U.S. Navy aircraft. The pilots seated in a room before taking off. An officer with the help of a wall map briefs pilots about the attack. A pilot gets into a cockpit. Another one stands on a ladder. The pilot closes the canopy. A signal officer gives signal. The aircraft taxi one after the other and take off for the attack on Vietnamese patrol boats. USS Turner Joy and USS Maddox underway in the Pacific.
North Vietnamese civilians armed as they pursue daily work activity. Interiors of factory. North Vietnamese working in machine shop. At a signal, they leave machines, pick up rifles from racks lining the walls, and deploy to defensive positions. Men producing artillery shells in factory. Men plough in rice paddy, with their rifles stacked ready for use. Men and women work in farm fields, with rifles stacked, nearby. Men and women work in field with rifles slung on their shoulders. An armed man feeds ducks. Men and women march with rifles on beach. Artillery gun crew on North Vietnamese gunboat. Various boats in water. Sail boats.